and make that the first order of business when congress convened. but that promise when they did get the nine states to ratify and it went into effect in congress that it may be the first thing they started discussing this amendment. to make a long story short, instead of sprinkling them into this or that provision of the articles of the constitution, but ended up as the bill of rights and the first 10 amendments and the second was none of them. they didn't create anything new. they simply recognized a right of assert a pair can connect to doubt that the political for it, which was to ensure that the states could keep their militias, even if the federal government had a standing army to wish everyone at the time that would be the worst idea possible. that could lead to tierney. this was seen as a check against that kind of tyranny, a deterrent if you will to a tyrannical federal leader who could try to take over the country. >> host: is there any question of self-defense are hunting? >> guest: very little. the amendment doesn't say anything about se